BFI funding chief: ‘Awards voters must consider diversity as well as quality’

“I think that’s really depressing,” said Ben Roberts, chair of the BFI Film Fund, about the film’s complete lack of Bafta nominations.

Amanda Nevill, BFI CEO, said research they had conducted found that “pound-for-pound female-directed films are a better bet”.

When faced by a similar prejudice in terms of female-directed films, said Roberts, “I would say: ‘That’s just crap.’”